Artificial limbs are seen at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

A boy attends a physiotherapy session at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

A technician produces artificial limbs at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

Iraqis attend a physiotherapy session at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

A man walks past artificial limbs at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

Technicians produce artificial limbs at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

Iraqis attend a physiotherapy session at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

A man attends a physiotherapy session at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

Iraqi Jamal Ahmed, 16, who lost his leg during the fighting in Mosul, attends a physiotherapy session at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

A technician produces artificial limbs at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

A boy attends a physiotherapy session at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

Iraqi Jamal Ahmed, 16, who lost his leg during the fighting in Mosul, attends a physiotherapy session at Red Cross Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, Iraq April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Patients, who have spinal cord injuries, sits in wheelchairs at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ayman, 24, who has a spinal cord injury, attends a lesson at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fouad, 20, who has a spinal cord injury, works at an amusement park after completing a therapy cycle at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Scars are seen on the hands of Abu Zeid, a spinal cord injury patient, who attempted suicide shortly after sustaining his wounds, at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ziad, a paralysed 14-year-old boy, often stays alone in his room as bombs fall on Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. Limited in scope, number and size, there are no nearby shelters equipped to receive Ziad who cannot be moved quickly or easily during airstrikes because of his spinal injuries. "The shelters are not ready to accept people like me," he said. Until last year, treatment options were limited for spinal patients caught in a brutal civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced more than 11 million. Now, the Specialist Centre for the Rehabilitation and Care of Spinal Cord Injuries provides physical and psychological treatment. There are an estimated 500 people with spinal injuries in eastern Ghouta, almost all casualties of the six-year war. The centre, currently funded entirely by donations, can treat 12 patients at a time for a course of three to six months. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ziad (R), 14, attends a physiotherapy session with Haitham, 35, who sustained a spinal cord injury during the conflict in Syria that left him paralysed, at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fouad, 20, who has a spinal cord injury, works at an amusement park after completing a therapy cycle at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ahmed, 20, who has a spinal cord injury, attends a lesson at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Paraplegic patients rest after a therapy session at a spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ahmed, 20, who has a spinal cord injury, attends a therapy session at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ayman, 24, attends a training session at a spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Abdullah, 22, who has a spinal cord injury, works at a shoe factory after completing a six-month therapy at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Mohamed, who has a spinal cord injury, warms himself in the sun outside a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Abu Yassin, 47, who has a spinal cord injury, arrives at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ziad (L), 14, who has a spinal cord injury, gets help to enter a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Mohamed Barkhash, 25, who has a spinal cord injury, waits to attend a physiotherapy session at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ahmed, 20, who has a spinal cord injury, is seen at a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dumbbells and a stuffed toy are seen inside a spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Mohamed Barkhash, 25, who has a spinal cord injury, gets help to get on a bus that transports patients to a rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Haitham, 35, who sustained a spinal cord injury during the conflict in Syria, that left him paralysed, is seen at a rehabilitation centre where he works as a physiotherapist, in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Abu Yassin, 47, attends a physiotherapy session at a spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Obeida, 18, a medic at a spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre, walks inside a patient's house to take him to the centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Paraplegic Hussein (R), 35, gets help to go to a spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Abu Yassin, 47, attends a physiotherapy session at a spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Training equipments are seen at a spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A Philippine army soldier walks outside of a drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation center which was inaugurated inside the military headquarters in Fort Magsaysay, in the Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, Philippines November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

Philippine army soldiers walk outside of a drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation center which was inaugurated inside the military headquarters in Fort Magsaysay, in the Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, Philippines November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

The soaring popularity of methamphetamine - a cheap and highly addictive drug ÐÊ is overburdening health services and tearing families and communities apart in Southeast Asia, driving many countries to adopt hardline policies to fight the surge in narcotics use. Around 700,000 drug users and pushers registered with authorities in a process termed "surrendering". There are few programs or facilities to help them. Local governments and private centres are trying to plug the gaps. Private rehabilitation can range from support groups led by clergy in the predominately Catholic nation, to costly treatment programs that charge hundreds of dollars a month, putting them out of reach for most Filipinos. REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "DRUG REHAB" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/REHABILITATION 

Drug users who call themselves "Recovering Champions" are hosed with water as part of their weekend drug rehabilitation program organised by the government of San Fernando, La Union, in northern Philippines, September 24, 2016. The soaring popularity of methamphetamine - a cheap and highly addictive drug Ð is overburdening health services and tearing families and communities apart in Southeast Asia, driving many countries to adopt hardline policies to fight the surge in narcotics use. Around 700,000 drug users and pushers registered with authorities in a process termed "surrendering". REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "DRUG REHAB" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

Drug users exercise at Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Pampanga province, in northern Philippines, October 1, 2016. The soaring popularity of methamphetamine - a cheap and highly addictive drug Ð is overburdening health services and tearing families and communities apart in Southeast Asia, driving many countries to adopt hardline policies to fight the surge in narcotics use. REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "DRUG REHAB" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

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Children, who permanently live at the territory contaminated with radionuclides after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, sit in a class while they are in a children's rehabilitation and health centre on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Children, who permanently live at the territory contaminated with radionuclides after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, take physiotherapy while they are in a children's rehabilitation and health centre on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Children, who permanently live at the territory contaminated with radionuclides after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, take physiotherapy while they are in a children's rehabilitation and health centre on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Children, who permanently live at the territory contaminated with radionuclides after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, take physiotherapy while they are in a children's rehabilitation and health centre on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Children, who permanently live at the territory contaminated with radionuclides after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, sit in a class while they are in a children's rehabilitation and health centre on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Children, who permanently live at the territory contaminated with radionuclides after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, point on the Belarus' map their villages, while they are in a children's rehabilitation and health centre on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

An artificial limb belonging to Sangita Bhattarai is pictured at the Physical Rehabilitation Center which treats earthquake victims, during her physiotherapy in Kathmandu, Nepal April 4, 2016. A year on from an earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 9,000 people, the Physical Rehabilitation Centre in the capital Kathmandu treats victims who lost limbs during the disaster. Some 22,000 people were injured and close to a million homes destroyed in the tiny Himalayan country in two earthquakes in April and May last year. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar SEARCH "NAVESH REHABILITATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

A man works on an artificial limb at the Physical Rehabilitation Center, which treats earthquake victims in Kathmandu, Nepal April 4, 2016. A year on from an earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 9,000 people, the Physical Rehabilitation Centre in the capital Kathmandu treats victims who lost limbs during the disaster. Some 22,000 people were injured and close to a million homes destroyed in the tiny Himalayan country in two earthquakes in April and May last year. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar SEARCH "NAVESH REHABILITATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

An artificial limb is pictured at the Physical Rehabilitation Center, which treats earthquake victims in Kathmandu, Nepal April 4, 2016. A year on from an earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 9,000 people, the Physical Rehabilitation Centre in the capital Kathmandu treats victims who lost limbs during the disaster. Some 22,000 people were injured and close to a million homes destroyed in the tiny Himalayan country in two earthquakes in April and May last year. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar SEARCH "NAVESH REHABILITATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Pemba Tamang smiles as he wears an artificial limb at the Physical Rehabilitation Center which treats earthquake victims, during his physiotherapy in Kathmandu, Nepal April 4, 2016. A year on from an earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 9,000 people, the Physical Rehabilitation Centre in the capital Kathmandu treats victims who lost limbs during the disaster. Some 22,000 people were injured and close to a million homes destroyed in the tiny Himalayan country in two earthquakes in April and May last year. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar SEARCH "NAVESH REHABILITATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Physiotherapists help Pemba Tamang to walks with the help of an artificial limb at the Physical Rehabilitation Center which treats earthquake victims, during his physiotherapy in Kathmandu, Nepal April 4, 2016. A year on from an earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 9,000 people, the Physical Rehabilitation Centre in the capital Kathmandu treats victims who lost limbs during the disaster. Some 22,000 people were injured and close to a million homes destroyed in the tiny Himalayan country in two earthquakes in April and May last year. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar SEARCH "NAVESH REHABILITATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Sangita Bhattarai reaches for her crutches at the Physical Rehabilitation Center which treats earthquake victims, during her physiotherapy in Kathmandu, Nepal April 4, 2016. A year on from an earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 9,000 people, the Physical Rehabilitation Centre in the capital Kathmandu treats victims who lost limbs during the disaster. Some 22,000 people were injured and close to a million homes destroyed in the tiny Himalayan country in two earthquakes in April and May last year. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar SEARCH "NAVESH REHABILITATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES